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title: יָקַד — be kindled · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָקַד (3344), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: be kindled. BDB 1906: vb. be kindled, burn. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָקַד

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«יָקַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be kindled** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 3344 · **BDB:** יָקַד

### Glosses

it.will.burn (6); \[which\].burns (1); it.has.burned (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be kindled [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3344/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be kindled, burn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3344/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be kindled, burn (Aramaic יְקַד, ܝܺܩܶܕ, burn, intrans.; Arabic وَقَدَ, id.)— Impf. 3 ms. יֵקַד Is 10:16; 3 fs. וַתִּיקַד Dt 32:22; Pt. act. f. יֹקֶ֫דֶת Is 65:5; pass. יָקוּד 30:14;—be kindled, fig. of judgment, יֵקַד יְקֹד כִּיקוֹד אֵשׁ Is 10:16; so burn, Dt 32:22 a fire hath been kindled (קָֽדְחָה) in my wrath, וַתִּיקַד עַד־שְׁאוֹל and it burneth unto Sheʾôl; fig. of people displeasing to י׳, אֵלֶּה עָשָׁן בְּאַפִּי אֵשׁ יֹקֶדֶת כָּל־הַיּוֹם Is 65:5; pt. יָקוּד kindled, as subst. לַחְתּוֹת אֵשׁ מִיָּקוּד 30:14 to take fire from that which is kindled, i. e. from the hearth (LgBN 60). Impf. 3 fs. תּוּקַד Lv 6:2, 5, 6; תּוּקָ֑ד Je 15:14; 17:4;—be burning, burn, of (perpetual) altar-fire Lv 6:2, 5, 6 (P); fig. of י׳’s judgment, אֵשׁ קָֽדְחָה בְּאַפִּי עֲלֵיכֶם תּוּקָ֑ד Je 15:14, similarly 17:4 (cf. Dt 32:22 supr., as prob. source of both).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָקַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3344/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.6/)

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אֵ֗שׁ תָּמִ֛יד תּוּקַ֥ד עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לֹ֥א תִכְבֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* a.fire continually it.will.burn on the altar not it.will.be.extinguished

*JPS 1917:* Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.

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[Jeremiah 15:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.15.14/)

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וְהַֽעֲבַרְתִּי֙ אֶת־אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ בְּאֶ֖רֶץ לֹ֣א יָדָ֑עְתָּ כִּֽי־אֵ֛שׁ קָדְחָ֥ה בְאַפִּ֖י עֲלֵיכֶ֥ם תּוּקָֽד׃ס

*Word for word:* and I.will.make.to.pass (et) enemies your in a.land \[which\].not you.have.known (dm) a.fire it.has.been.kindled in anger my towards you it.will.burn

*JPS 1917:* And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in My nostril, which shall burn upon you.'

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